5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (387+ words) Scotland's PISA 2025 scores are statistically flat year-on-year, yet reading has fallen 38 points since 2000 and maths 57 since 2003, OECD data show. At 9:30am Central European Summer Time on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, the OECD published the world's most cited school scoreboard, and Scotland's line barely…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (242+ words) Poet Jenny Lindsay argues Scottish artists need artistic freedom, not just cash, as Ireland's €325-a-week basic income scheme returns and parties pledge pilots. Jenny Lindsay has watched Scottish culture funding curdle into culture war. The performance poet now warns that…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (196+ words) The defense attorney for the pilot who survived a 2024 helicopter crash that killed five military officers is demanding an impartial public investigation. On August 30, 2024, Rebelo was piloting the aircraft back to the Ermamar Air Means Center following an exhausting deployment…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (361+ words) The family of Stacy Hunter, murdered by her estranged husband while on bail, says First Minister John Swinney's new misogyny bill fails to protect women. The family of Stacy Hunter, who was brutally murdered by her estranged husband while he…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (363+ words) The craft brewer once implied at £2bn sells to Tilray Brands for £33m, closing 38 bars, cutting 484 jobs and wiping out 220,000 Equity for Punks. The garage in Fraserburgh that brewed a rebellion in 2007 ended this year as a line item: 38 bars shuttered, 484 jobs…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (168+ words) BBC readers' lenses catch the 149th Nairn Highland Games, an Arran seal, a Loch Lomond wallaby and a C-17 over the Royal Mile in this week's Scotland. A fairground ride becomes a crow's nest above the 149th Nairn Highland Games, and a week…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (544+ words) streamlinefeed.co.ke South African rugby is locked in a fierce tactical debate as head coach Rassie Erasmus delays his final squad announcement for the highly anticipated series opener against the New Zealand All Blacks. With the Springboks gathering in…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (549+ words) Master your final-year thesis defense with these 10 actionable strategies, focusing on methodology, slide design, and answering the dreaded "So what?" question. A final-year thesis defense represents the culmination of months of academic rigor, requiring students to pivot from quiet research…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (216+ words) Scotland records its first case of the deadly bluetongue virus as infected midges cross the border, threatening livestock markets globally. A devastating livestock disease has crossed into Scotland for the first time, exposing the vulnerability of agricultural borders to shifting…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (291+ words) At the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe, comedians like Elf Lyons and Kate Dehnert are using surreal, avant-garde formats to turn devastating breakups into brilliant art. Leading the charge is Elf Lyons, a comedian renowned for her bespoke and eccentric approach to the…...